Oman to Allot Two Oil, Gas Blocks Next Month

Oman will likely award two onshore oil and gas blocks -38 and 66 - to international oil firms in the Southern Dhofar region next month.

Saleh A Al Anboori, Director-General of Management of Petroleum Investment, told Times of Oman in an interview that the ministry will receive bids from multinational giants for another four blocks.

The ministry is compiling data for tendering another seven blocks -four onshore and three offshore. The offshore blocks are 18, 41 and 59 and onshore blocks are 56, 57, 58 and 43A. These are mostly located in the south and north and include block 18, which was relinquished by India's Reliance Industries a couple of years ago, the newspaper said.